PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Janigan, D. T.
AU  - Kilp, T.
AU  - Michael, R.
AU  - McCleave, J. J.
TI  - Bronchiolitis obliterans in a man who used his wood-burning stove to burn synthetic construction materials
DP  - 1997 Apr 15
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 1171--1173
VI  - 156
IP  - 8
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/156/8/1171.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/156/8/1171.full
SO  - CMAJ1997 Apr 15; 156
AB  - Many people heat their homes with wood-burning stoves. However, toxic fire effluent can escape from old or improperly operated stoves. The authors describe a case in which bronchiolitis obliterans developed in a man within hours after he burned synthetic construction materials in his wood-burning stove. Certain factors, such as careless or improper use of the stove, the size of the room, the lack of open-air ventilation and the composition of the materials burned, strongly point to inhalation of the fire effluent as the cause.